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Jean Smart and Richard Gilliland to Star in Love Letters Benefit

Jean Smart
Jean Smart

Emmy Award winner Jean Smart and her husband Richard Gilliland will star in a performance of A.R. Gurney’s two-character play Love Letters to benefit the Visalia Fox Theatre in Visalia, California on February 10-11. The production will be co-produced by Keion Marshall and directed by Ted Weiant.

First staged in 1989, Gurney’s two-character play chronicles the relationship of Makepeace Ladd II and Melissa Gardner from second grade through their 50s through the love letters they write each other.

Smart received a Tony Award nomination for The Man Who Came to Dinner and also appeared on Broadway in Piaf. She received a Drama Desk nomination for the Off-Broadway production of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. Her television credits include the series 24, Designing Women, and High Society, and she received an Emmy Award for Frasier. Gilliland recently starred in the Falcon Theatre’s production of I Remember You. His television credits also include 24 and Designing Women.

Tickets are $30-$60, with $200 VIP seats also available. For more information or to order tickets, call 559-625-1369 or visit www.foxvisalia.org.